American Idol season 18

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File:American Idol S18 poster.jpg
Promotional poster
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 16
Release
Original network ABC
Original release February 16, 2020 (2020-02-16) – May 17, 2020 (2020-05-17)

The eighteenth season of the reality show singing competition American Idol premiered on February 16, 2020, on ABC.[1][2][3] It is the third season to air on ABC since the series reboot; Katy Perry, Luke Bryan, and Lionel Richie returned as judges despite budget cuts.[4][5] Ryan Seacrest continued as show host;[6] Bobby Bones returned as in-house mentor.

Taping was suspended after the Top 21 were revealed, and the contestants were sent home, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7] The show resumed production in late April, with the on-air talent and contestants filming from their homes.[8] The stay-at-home and social-distancing mandates, according to Billboard, compelled producers "to get very, very creative this time around to keep season 18 afloat amid the most challenging conditions in show history".[8] Up to forty-five remote sites were used, and each contestant treated equally, with similar equipment and resource access.[8] Segments were taped usually a day in advance, except for judges' reactions and voting results, which aired live.[8]

On May 17, 2020, Just Sam was crowned as the winner, with Arthur Gunn finishing as the runner-up. With Sam's win, she became the fourth African-American female to win the show, after Fantasia, Jordin Sparks, and Candice Glover. Sam is also the second female to win the competition since the show had relaunched on ABC, and the seventh overall.[9]

Preliminary auditions

Preliminary audition dates and locations for American Idol, season 18[10][11]
Date Location Venue
June 7, 2019 Nashville, Tennessee CMA Music Festival
June 8, 2019
July 23, 2019 New York City, New York Brooklyn Expo Center
August 20, 2019 Mobile, Alabama Mobile Convention Center 1
GulfQuest Maritime Museum 2
August 23, 2019 Macon, Georgia Macon City Auditorium
August 23, 2019 Tallahassee, Florida Donald L. Tucker Civic Center
August 23, 2019 Santa Barbara, California Santa Barbara Veterans Memorial Building
August 25, 2019 Baton Rouge, Louisiana Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center
August 26, 2019 Columbia, South Carolina Pastides Alumni Center
August 26, 2019 Las Vegas, Nevada Cambridge Recreation Center
August 27, 2019 Waco, Texas Waco Convention Center
August 29, 2019 Knoxville, Tennessee Knoxville Convention Center
August 29, 2019 Salt Lake City, Utah Salt Lake City Northwest Community Center
September 1, 2019 Colorado Springs, Colorado Colorado Springs Auditorium
September 1, 2019 Raleigh, North Carolina Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts
September 4, 2019 Washington, D.C. Ronald Reagan Building
September 4, 2019 Wichita, Kansas Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center
September 6, 2019 San Jose, California San Jose Convention Center
September 7, 2019 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania David L. Lawrence Convention Center
September 7, 2019 Springfield, Illinois B.O.S. Center
September 8, 2019 Spokane, Washington Grand Hotel Davenport – Autograph Collection
September 10, 2019 Detroit, Michigan Cobo Center
September 18, 2019 Nashville, Tennessee Nashville Municipal Auditorium
September 21, 2019 Chicago, Illinois Wintrust Arena
  • ^Note 1 This venue was for registration.
  • ^Note 2 This venue was for the audition.

Regional auditions

Regional audition dates and locations for American Idol, season 18
Episodes Date City Venue
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 September 30 – October 1, 2019 Savannah, Georgia[12][13] Perry Lane Hotel
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 October 8–9, 2019 Milwaukee, Wisconsin[14][15] Milwaukee Art Museum
1, 2, 4, 5 October 14–15, 2019 Washington, D.C.[16][17] The Wharf
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 November 1–2, 2019 Los Angeles, California[18] South Park Center
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 November 7–8, 2019 Sunriver, Oregon[19] Great Hall (Sunriver Resort)

Hollywood Week

Hollywood Week was filmed December 2–5, 2019, at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.[20] There were several changes this season. Instead of the usual concepts of Hollywood Week with Lines of Ten, Group Rounds, and Solo Round, this season the 167 contestants faced the Genre Challenge. The contestants chose from genres given, Pop, Rock, R&B, Soul, Country, and Singer-Songwriter, and picked a song and were assessed amongst their group. After all performed, the judges brought the contestants to stage, similar to Lines of Ten, and made their decision. The Group Round was replaced with a Duet Round, in which the remaining contestants picked a duet partner and their song from a list provided. They were given twelve hours to rehearse including a session with a vocal coach, and later, a stage rehearsal. The judges decided if one, both, or neither moved to the Solo Round for which the remaining contestants performed with a backing band. The Top 40 were flown to Hawaii for a Showcase round to determine the Top 20 advancing to the live shows.

Showcase Round

The Showcase Round aired on March 29 and April 5, featuring the top forty performing for the judges and a live audience at Aulani resort in Kapolei, Hawaii. The following day, the judges narrowed the number of contestants down to twenty in the Final Judgment. The following is a list of the contestants who performed, the song they performed at the Showcase, and if they advanced or not. The placements of Grace Leer and Lauren Mascitti were determined by a vote.3

Color key:

  Female contestant
  Male contestant
  Contestant was chosen by the judges to move on to the Top 20
  Contestant was eliminated
Showcase round contestants for American Idol, season 18
Contestant[21] Order Song[22] Age Hometown[22] Audition city Result
Nick Merico 1 "When I Was Your Man" 24 Woodland Hills, California Los Angeles, California Advanced
Makayla Brownlee 2 "More Hearts Than Mine" 17 Wellington, Kansas Sunriver, Oregon Advanced
Dewayne Crocker Jr. 3 "Old Town Road" 23 Pensacola, Florida Sunriver, Oregon Advanced
Camryn Leigh Smith 4 "Break Every Chain" 16 Acworth, Georgia Savannah, Georgia Eliminated
Devon Alexander 5 "Tell Me You Love Me" 23 Sonora, California Los Angeles, California Eliminated
Jordan Jones 6 "Redbone" 26 Scottsdale, Arizona Los Angeles, California Eliminated
Geena Fontanella 7 "Finesse" 27 Los Angeles, California Los Angeles, California Eliminated
Louis Knight 8 "Castle on the Hill" 19 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Washington D.C. Advanced
Francisco Martin 9 "Falling" 19 San Francisco, California Sunriver, Oregon Advanced
Jovin Webb 10 "You Are the Best Thing" 29 Gonzales, Louisiana Sunriver, Oregon Advanced
Faith Becnel 11 "Ain't Nobody" 20 Destrehan, Louisiana Sunriver, Oregon Advanced
Amber Fiedler 12 "Good Kisser" 23 Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Sunriver, Oregon Eliminated
Just Sam 13 "Como la Flor" 21 Harlem, New York Washington, D.C. Advanced
Jonny West 14 "You Found Me" 23 Murrieta, California Los Angeles, California Advanced
Dillon James 15 "The Times They Are a-Changin'" 26 Bakersfield, California Los Angeles, California Advanced
Genavieve Linkowski 16 "You Say" 20 Goodrich, Michigan Milwaukee, Wisconsin Eliminated
Franklin Boone 17 "Daughters" 27 Durham, North Carolina Milwaukee, Wisconsin Advanced
Julia Gargano 18 "Glitter in the Air" 21 Staten Island, New York Washington, D.C. Advanced
Aliana Jester 19 "This is Me" 18 Tampa, Florida Savannah, Georgia Advanced
Sophia James 20 "Levels" 20 Long Beach, California Los Angeles, California Advanced
Robert Taylor 21 "Take Me to the Pilot" 27 Donaldsonville, Louisiana Sunriver, Oregon Eliminated
Kimmy Gabriela 22 "You Don't Do It for Me Anymore" 17 Lakeland, Florida Savannah, Georgia Advanced
Amelia Joyce 23 "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" 23 Phoenix, Arizona Los Angeles, California Eliminated
Elyjuh Rene 24 "Best Part" 24 Long Beach, California Savannah, Georgia Eliminated
Grace Lundy 25 "Bruises" 18 Lincoln, Nebraska Milwaukee, Wisconsin Eliminated
Shannon Gibbons 26 "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" 20 Bellport, New York Savannah, Georgia Eliminated
Cyniah Elise 27 "Lady Marmalade" 17 Atlanta, Georgia Savannah, Georgia Advanced
Makayla Phillips 28 "Sorry Not Sorry" 17 Temecula, California Los Angeles, California Advanced
Lauren Spencer-Smith 29 "Respect" 16 Vancouver Island Sunriver, Oregon Advanced
Olivia Ximines 30 "Proud Mary" 16 Menifee, California Los Angeles, California Advanced
Arthur Gunn 31 "Is This Love" 21 Wichita, Kansas Milwaukee, Wisconsin Advanced
Demi Rae 32 "Lonely" 26 San Jose, California Sunriver, Oregon Eliminated
Grace Leer 33 "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" 27 Nashville, Tennessee Milwaukee, Wisconsin Advanced
Lauren Mascitti 34 "Two More Bottles of Wine" 27 Nashville, Tennessee Savannah, Georgia Eliminated
Travis Finlay 35 "That's What I Like"[23] 25 Miramar, Florida Washington, D.C. Eliminated
Natalie Jane 36 "Cool" 15 Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey Washington, D.C. Eliminated
Bilaal Avaz 37 "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing" 19 North Haven, Connecticut Washington, D.C. Eliminated
Jeb VonderBruegge 38 "Sex on Fire" 18 Long Beach, Mississippi Savannah, Georgia Eliminated
Perrin York 39 "Electric Feel" 22 Denver, Colorado Los Angeles, California Eliminated
Cameron Havens 40 "Whipping Post" 20 Haslet, Texas Sunriver, Oregon Eliminated
  • ^Note 3 The placements of Grace Leer and Lauren Mascitti were revealed on Sunday, April 19.

Remote shows

Color key
  Contestant was saved by America's vote
  Contestant was saved by the judges
  Contestant was eliminated

Week 1: Top 20 (April 26)

Remote show contestants for week one of American Idol, season 18
Contestant Order Song[24] Result
Kimmy Gabriela 1 "Leave Me Lonely" Eliminated
Jovin Webb 2 "With a Little Help from My Friends" Safe
Franklin Boone 3 "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" Eliminated
Olivia Ximines 4 "Bad Guy" Eliminated
Louis Knight 5 "If the World Was Ending" Safe
Makayla Phillips 6 "Greedy" Wild Card
Aliana Jester 7 "Run to You" Eliminated
Faith Becnel 8 "River" Eliminated
Nick Merico 9 "Hey There Delilah" Eliminated
Lauren Spencer-Smith 10 "Mamma Knows Best" Eliminated
Cyniah Elise 11 "Warrior" Eliminated
Francisco Martin 12 "Teenage Dream" Safe
Sophia James 13 "Burning" Safe
DeWayne Crocker Jr. 14 "I Got You (I Feel Good)" Eliminated
Dillon James 15 "Let It Be Me" Safe
Arthur Gunn 16 "Lovin' Machine" Safe
Julia Gargano 17 "Human" Safe
Grace Leer 18 "Cry" Safe
Just Sam 19 "I Believe" Safe
Jonny West 20 "What a Wonderful World" Safe

Week 2: Top 11 Homeward Bound (May 3)

The Top Ten was determined by viewer votes—and the judges were given a one-time Judges Save which they used to add an additional singer.[25]

Remote show contestants for week two of American Idol, season 18
Contestant Order Song[26] Result
Louis Knight 1 "In My Place" Safe
Julia Gargano 2 "New York State of Mind" Safe
Jovin Webb 3 "Voodoo" Eliminated
Grace Leer 4 "Over the Rainbow" Eliminated
Jonny West 5 "Faithfully" Safe
Sophia James 6 "In My Room" Eliminated
Arthur Gunn 7 "Take Me Home, Country Roads" Safe
Just Sam 8 "Grandma's Hands" Safe
Dillon James 9 "Yesterday" Safe
Francisco Martin 10 "Falling Like the Stars" Safe
Makayla Phillips 11 "The House That Built Me" Eliminated

Week 3: Top 7 Disney Night/Mother's Day (May 10)

The remaining seven contestants were asked to perform Disney songs and a song dedicated to their mothers.

Remote show contestants for week three of American Idol, season 18
Contestant Order Disney Song[27] Order Mother's Day Song[27] Result
Arthur Gunn 1 "Kiss the Girl" 8 "Hey, Ma" Safe
Just Sam 2 "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" 9 "I Turn to You" Safe
Jonny West 3 "Almost There" 10 "Amazing Grace" Safe
Louis Knight 4 "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" 11 "You've Got a Friend" Eliminated
Julia Gargano 5 "Beauty and the Beast" 12 "Sweetest Devotion" Eliminated
Francisco Martin 6 "You'll Be in My Heart" 13 "River" Safe
Dillon James 7 "Our Town" 14 "Hang On, Hang On" Safe
Non-competition performance[28]
Order Performers Song
15.1 Laine Hardy "Life Is a Highway"

Week 4: Finale (May 17)

Color key
  Contestant won the season
  Contestant finished as the runner-up
Remote show contestants for week four of American Idol, season 18
Contestant Order Celebration Song[29] Order Final Song[29] Result
Dillon James 1 "Change the World" 6 "The Times They Are a-Changin'" Eliminated
Francisco Martin 2 "Adore You" 7 "Alaska" Eliminated
Just Sam 3 "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" 8 "Rise Up" Winner
Arthur Gunn 4 "I Don't Want to Be" 9 "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" Runner-up
Jonny West 5 "Can't Keep a Good Man Down" 10 "Makin' Love" (original song) Eliminated
Non-competition performances[29][30]
Order Performer(s) Song
16.1 Luke Bryan "One Margarita"
16.2 Rascal Flatts and Doug Kiker "Bless the Broken Road"
16.3 Lauren Daigle and Just Sam "You Say"
16.4 Katy Perry "Daisies"
16.5 Cynthia Erivo & the Top 11 Medley of Aretha Franklin songs
16.6 Lionel Richie & the Top 11 and Idol alums "We Are the World"

Elimination chart

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  Female contestant
  Male contestant
  Winner
  Runner-up
  Finalist
  Advanced
  Wild Card
  Eliminated
Results per stage of American Idol, season 18
Place Contestant Top 20 Top 11 Top 7 Finale
4/26 5/3 5/10 5/17
1 Just Sam Safe Safe Safe Winner
2 Arthur Gunn Safe Safe Safe Runner-up
3–5 Dillon James Safe Safe Safe Finalist
Francisco Martin Safe Safe Safe
Jonny West Safe Safe Safe
6–7 Julia Gargano Safe Safe Eliminated
Louis Knight Safe Safe
8–11 Sophia James Safe Eliminated
Grace Leer Safe
Makayla Phillips Safe
Jovin Webb Safe
12–20 Faith Becnel Eliminated
Franklin Boone
Dewayne Crocker Jr.
Cyniah Elise
Kimmy Gabriela
Aliana Jester
Nick Merico
Lauren Spencer-Smith
Olivia Ximines

Ratings

No. Title Air date Rating/share
(18–49)		 Viewers
(millions)		 DVR
(18–49)		 DVR viewers
(millions)		 Total
(18–49)		 Total viewers
(millions)
1 "Auditions, Part 1" February 16, 2020 1.5/7 8.08 0.4 1.86 1.9 9.94[31]
2 "Auditions, Part 2" February 23, 2020 1.4/7 7.50 0.4 1.65 1.8 9.15[32]
3 "Auditions, Part 3" March 1, 2020 1.3/6 7.00 0.4 1.66 1.7 8.66[33]
4 "Auditions, Part 4" March 8, 2020 1.3/6 7.26 0.4 1.56 1.7 8.82[34]
5 "Auditions, Part 5" March 15, 2020 1.3/6 7.47 0.4 1.59 1.7 9.07[35]
6 "Hollywood Week – Genre Challenge" March 16, 2020 1.2/6 6.30 0.4 1.95 1.6 8.25[36]
7 "Hollywood Week – Duets" March 22, 2020 1.4/7 7.70 0.4 1.69 1.8 9.39[37]
8 "Hollywood Week – Solos" March 23, 2020 1.4/7 7.02 0.4 1.80 1.8 8.82[38]
9 "Hawaii Showcase and Final Judgment, Part 1" March 29, 2020 1.3/6 7.33 0.4 1.68 1.7 9.00[39]
10 "Hawaii Showcase and Final Judgment, Part 2" April 5, 2020 1.2/6 6.93 0.4 1.63 1.6 8.56[40]
11 "This Is Me, Part 1" April 12, 2020 1.0/4 5.63 0.2 1.12 1.2 6.75[41]
12 "This Is Me, Part 2" April 19, 2020 0.8/4 5.48 0.2 0.95 1.0 5.48[42]
13 "Top 20 Sing For America" April 26, 2020 1.0/5 6.09 0.3 1.49 1.3 7.58[43]
14 "Top 10 Homeward Bound" May 3, 2020 0.9/5 6.41 0.2 1.19 1.1 7.60[44]
15 "Disney Night/Mother's Day" May 10, 2020 1.0/6 6.16 0.3 1.28 1.3 7.44[45]
16 "Grand Finale" May 17, 2020 1.0/5 7.28[46] 0.2 1.06 1.2 8.34[47]

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